Initial layout shift in React Native SafeAreaView

While using SafeAreaView in screens, we can see an initial layout shift of the screen. It happens subtly on the initial load and never happens thereafter, even after moving to and fro between the screens. A normal user might not even notice it, but still it’s there and it can be frustrating to get a fix for that, atleast Claude Sonnet 3.7 couldn’t hack it through. But I did some trial and error and found the solution. So, rather than using the component SafeAreaView as —

import { SafeAreaView } from 'react-native-safe-area-context'
import { Text } from 'tamagui'

export default function TabHomeScreen() {
  return (
    <SafeAreaView>
      <Text>Home</Text>
    </SafeAreaView>
  )
}

Use useSafeAreaInsets hook to get the insets —

import { useSafeAreaInsets } from 'react-native-safe-area-context'
import { Text, View } from 'tamagui'

export default function TabHomeScreen() {
  const insets = useSafeAreaInsets()

  return (
    <View paddingTop={insets.top}>
      <Text>Home</Text>
    </View>
  )
}

That’s it. There won’t be the initial layout shift after this.